The UK government Friday gave its consent to Norway's Statoil to go ahead with the $7 billion Mariner oil field development which is set to be the UK's biggest new North Sea project in more than a decade. Statoil took the final ...
The newly appointed chairman of Indonesia's special taskforce for the upstream sector will focus on various issues during his tenure, among them increasing oil and gas production and boosting reserves, he told Platts Monday. Rudi ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
The lighting on the Eiffel tower is now swiched off at 1.00 am Paris's standing as the City of Light may come under threat later this year if a decision to switch off the French capital's lights gets the go-ahead. The French ...
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The Georgian authorities have agreed to supply 200 MW per month in the first quarter of the forthcoming year 2013. Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze said that "We have agreed with Azerenergy that in January, February and March the company will ...
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It is reported that Turkey is set to sign a major coal field and power plant development agreement with Abu Dhabi Energy Company, also known as TAQA. A spokesman for TAQA said that the Afsin-Elbistan field deal is likely to be agreed ...
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Reuters cited Turkey's energy minister as saying that state power companies in Turkey and United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement to invest in a USD 12 billion project to produce electricity in Turkey's Afsin-Elbistan region. The ...
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Russia's crude oil production hit a record high of 518 million mt (10.4 million b/d) in 2012, preliminary data released Wednesday by the energy ministry's Central Dispatching Unit showed, as the country cemented its position as the world's ...
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Government auctions of oil and natural gas exploration rights in Western Canada have fallen to some of their lowest levels in the last 15 years and hopes of a recovery in 2013 hinge on operators making a breakthrough in new liquids-rich ...
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The Saudi Gazette reported that UAE energy giant TAQA's billion dollar vote of confidence in Scottish oil and gas has been further strengthened by a new report which says some USD 70 billion of investment in the sector is expected by 2016. ...
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Iran is the world's 14th leading electricity producer, Mr Mohammad Behzad deputy energy minister of Iranian said that the latest statistics released by the International Energy Agency. Mr Behzad said that Iran has risen two places since ...
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DECC has decided to reduce support for solar power under the Renewables Obligation from 2 ROCs today to 1.6 ROCs from April 2013 – a reduction of 20%. This is higher than the level of 1.5 ROCs which was initially proposed. The STA ...
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A new rivalry at the top of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil group has emerged, pitting up and coming Iraq against undisputed cartel heavyweight Saudi Arabia. Having overtaken Iran as OPEC's second biggest producer, ...
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Russia is ready to increase its gas supplies to Turkey by 3 billion cubic meters/year,a spokeswoman for Russia's energy ministry told Platts late Tuesday. "In principle,Russia is ready to increase supplies to Turkey by 3 Bcm/year,we are ...
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By John Lee. Russian oil and gas investor Soyuzneftegas Capital has increased its stake in Gulfsands Petroleum, the London-listed energy company that is understood to be negotiating details of a gas capture contract in Missan province. ...
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